Lawyer Zuleika Lopez's transfer order to the Women’s Correctional Facility in Mandaluyong City did not sit well with Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa. (Photo from the Office of Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa" "Hindi tama. Hindi talaga tama. At the present situation she is in right now, kailangan...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing for ample budgetary support for the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) and the National Amnesty Commission(NAC) to ensure the full reintegration of former rebels to the communities. Dela Rosa stressed this...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa questioned a National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) memorandum circular that seems to affect the promotion of officers in the Philippine National Police (PNP). During the Senate plenary deliberations on the Department of the Interior and Local Government's (DILG)...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing to remove the P1-billion cap in the Bureau of Fire Protection's (BFP) utilization of revenues from the Fire Code of the Philippines. During the Senate plenary deliberations on the 2025 national budget, Dela Rosa said that the special provision on the...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing for the restoration of the P10 billion cut introduced by the House of Representatives to the P50-billion budget for the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program for next year. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa appeals to the...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III has called on President Marcos to consider the proposal for the Philippines to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC). Pimentel made this appeal before members of the diplomatic community during a foreign policy address at the Department of...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is seeking to amend Republic Act (RA) No. 11696 or the Marawi Siege Compensation Act of 2022 to include more barangays with families who also suffered from the Marawi Siege. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa presides over a public hearing on a proposal seeking...
Despite the issuance of a Supreme Court (SC) ruling that excluded Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the Bangsamoro Transition Authority seems reluctant to redistribute the 7 seats left by Sulu. This was expressed by lawyer Omar Yaser Sema, Deputy BTA Parliament...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte testifies before the Senate BluBlue Ribbon Committee hearing on the drug war on Oct. 28. (Bong Go's Facebook) Two ranking congressmen see nothing wrong with the potential submission of the transcript from the recent Senate...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said on Tuesday, Nov. 5, that he's keen on questioning the Senate leadership should it submit a certified copy of the transcript of the Senate's drug war probe to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This was after Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero stated...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa fired back at Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez who claimed that the testimony of Police Col. Hector Grijaldo in the Senate drug war probe was all part of a “script”. "It takes a thief to know a thief, 'di ba? Bilis niya nakapag-conclude siya na...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa admitted on Wednesday, October 30, that former President Rodrigo Duterte's admissions in the Senate's drug war probe could be used against him. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, attends the public hearing on Monday, October 28, 2024, by the Senate Blue Ribbon...